The Jackson Township this evening passed an ordinance that would make it illegal to place an Eruv on Township right of ways.Hundreds of Frum Jackson residents packed the auditorium to make their voices heard against the ordinance, which passed unanimously. The full ordinance can be found here.

Residents and even outsiders say the Jackson Township Goevernment is making it quite clear they don’t want Jews in their town, and they’ll do whatever they can to make them feel unwelcome.

“Who are we kidding, it’s evident they don’t like the Jews and don’t want Jews – this stems from pure anti-Semitism,” a resident told TLS.

Rabbi Avi Schnall, the Director Agudath Israel of New Jersey, says this he is disturbed by this ordinance.

“We are disturbed by this development, but hopeful that the council members will follow through in the commitments they made tonight to continue dialogue and that there are possibilities of amending this ordinance,” Rabbi Schnall told TLS.

Earlier this year, the Township passed an ordinance that would ban schools and dormitories in the town – another apparent move to keep out the Orthodox. A lawsuit was filed against the Township and is ongoing.

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The council knows their seats are safe regardless of how many frum people move in, in 2016 the election voting results were 14,000 avg per council member. Get ready for years of suffering by these haters (white supremacists?).

Please correct!! There were no Lakewood residents at this meeting. This was for Jackson residents only, and therefore only Jackson residents attended. Let’s not start rumors that we “hired” Lakewood to fill the room.

Because the developers & realtors are actively soliciting the investors & Brooklynites to buy up all the housing in Lakewood and inflate the pricing, to the extent that long time yungelleit that have already been living here for a very long time are now priced out their own community, and are forced to move to less hospitable towns.

Just to clarify we were just trying to keep a clause that had already existed in the suddenly enforced ordinance saying “unless permission is granted” which for some “unknown” reason was suddenly being removed.

The point is we were asking for a chance to have a dialogue and discuss if before it was made impossible however they made it clear that they would talk to know one till it passes.

Looking for cheap housing? An eruv already in place? Someplace close to the city for work? Kosher food readily available? Schools? Minyanim? Hatzolah? Try Elizabeth. Or Hillside. Or even parts of Roselle Park and Union. There’s plenty of affordable housing available.